Plant-based oral care product exhibits antibacterial effects on different stages of oral multispecies biofilm development in vitro.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Excessive biofilm formation on surfaces in the oral cavity is amongst the main reasons for severe infection development like periodontitis and peri-implantitis. Mechanical biofilm removal as well as the use of adjuvant antiseptics supports the prevention of pathogenic biofilm formation. Recently, the antibacterial effect of the oral care product REPHA-OS^®, based on medicinal plant extracts and essential oils, has been demonstrated on oral pathogens grown on agar plates. In the present study, the effectiveness of the product on medical relevant oral biofilm development should be demonstrated for the first time.

Methods

An established in vitro oral multispecies biofilm, composed of Streptococcus oralis, Actinomyces naeslundii, Veillonella dispar and Porph

SUBMITTER: Kommerein N 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC8015205 | biostudies-literature | 2021 Apr

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature